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Archives by date > 2010 > September > 20th

Rapid Fire: 2010-09-21

Sep 20, 2010 22:42 UTC

  • US GAO looks at “hybrid warfare,” and its implications for Pentagon planning.

  • Across the Pond: French, British defense firms divvy up US biometrics and intelligence services firm L-1 Identity Solutions for a combined $1.6 billion.

  • US Army sends PEO Soldier engineers into field – to use the gear they’re supplying the Army. Bravo.

  • Bristol Alloys charged with falsifying documents re: heat-treated metals used in Virginia Class nuclear fast attack submarines. The company is cooperating. On another front, the Navy still doesn’t know why large swatches of sound-absorbing tiles are peeling off of Virginia Class boats.

  • Sikorsky’s X2 demonstrator hits 250 knots true airspeed in level flight, offering V-22 class speed in a compound helicopter.

  • Known and Unknown: Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld discusses his career and tenure at the Pentagon in his memoir titled Known and Unknown due out in January.

  • Eurocopter begins flight testing its new Tiger HAD scout and attack helicopter.

  • Nice Paint Job: North Korean military manual allegedly smuggled out of the country indicates military uses radar-absorbing paint to disguise jet fighters, warships, and tanks. Nothing like that fairy dust…

  • US Navy moves up orders for double-hulled oil tankers to keep Northrop Grumman from closing its Avondale shipyard and available to complete work on 2 LPD-17 class San Antonio-class amphibious assault ships – LPD-23 and LPD-25.

  • X-ray Vision: American Science and Engineering gets $10 million order to provide service and maintenance for its Z Backscatter Van (ZBV) military trailers that detect explosives in vehicles and cargo.

Mexico Orders Eurocopter’s EC725 Helicopters

Sep 20, 2010 16:29 UTC

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